St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-06

treasury now, put was Tor Work winch
had been actually done.
Commissioner Lennon insisted that if
such was the case there must have been
two $50 drawn from the county treas
ury-one for the work which it is
claimed has been done and the other
for the $3.50 which it is now claimed is
safe in the town treasury at HaSSan.
Lennon next handed in the following
copy Of the bill presented to the county
board, through which the $50 was
drawn, and which he claimed is fraudu-
lent:
u~M1NNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Aug. %, 1886.
Hennepin County,
To M. Hynes, DR..
Aug. l. To finishing contracts on
the county roads in the town of
O. XIV. s. CHowEN
thereby certify that l have examined the
work lone by Nj. Hynes us above charged
and find that he has done the work according
to contract, amounting to $500, and that the
half of contract price. w. b. HENRY,
Chairman Board of Supervisors.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, &C
COUNTY OF H~ENNEPIN. &C.
I, M. Hynes. being duly sworn, do depose
and say thatth annexed bill is just and true;
that the property. goods, merchandise, labor
or services therein charged was actually de-
livered or rendered to Hennepin county: and
u IC NdluV t1iutSCo, ohN tioG -hO PolI "a
the same has yetbeen paid. n. HYNEs.
Subscribed and sworn to before me his
10Th day of September. 1856.
County COMMISSIONS Hennepin county.
Mr.. Lennon continued: Mart Hynes
on his own statements, says he never
had any contracts in the town of Has
san, and that he never SwOre to the
above bill, but that on the day of the
Republican convention, in September,
w. B. HeAry, between the hours of 9
and 10 in the. evening, presented the
above claim to him and asked him to
sign it, saying that then they could get
$3.50 from the county. Another point is
this: NJ. Hynes is a town supervisor in
Hassan, and, by law, cannot have any
contracts in his own town."
Mr.. Lennon then produced affidavits
from the different patbmasterS in Has
san to the effect that no county work
had been performed in any of their re-
spective districts, only that which had
been done in accordance with law in re-
quirement and payment to poll taX and
land tax.
Commissioner Erickson claimed the
floor here and said that, to his mind, the
charges were g~rOundleSS and were the
outgrowth of spite and made for politi-
cal reasons. 'sWhy did you not" said
IlC. duulCOSlliS SOiilnliSSIOIiCl bCIillOlls
s'Speak to the chairman of the board in
regard to this matter? You never spoke
to him at all"
"It'S a lie" retOrted Mr.. Lennon, 81
did" Then turning to Mr.. Chowen, he
said: "Mr. ChOwen, did l not a month
previous to our meeting, speak to you
in regard to the matter and show you
the resolution which l was going to
offer in case the $3.50 was not returned,
and did you not say that you would see
Byron Henry about it?"
Yes, you did speak to me about it,
Mr.. Lennon" replied Commissioner
Chowen.
Are you satisfied with that, Commits
sioner Erickson?" asked Commissioner
Lennon. Then, turning to Commits
siOner ChOwen, he continued: "Mr.
-Chowen, you would know if Mart Hynes
had had any contracts, would you not?!"
Yes, l would" replied Chowen.
"Well did he?" asked Commissioner
Lennon.
"No. not that [ know Of"
swell them" said Lennon. s'that
settles it." The report made by County
placed on file. The resolution offered
by Commissioner Erickson %censuringt
Commissioner Lennon was laid over as
the evidence produced by Lennon
seemed to make a strong impression on
the board. The board adjourned with
the understanding that the whole mat
ter would go before the county attorney
again. !,
In an interview with Commissioner
Lennon, after the board had adjourned
he stated that while the road before him
is hard and rough he proposed to have a
full investigation, and hoped that the
favnov-a,.c on6 nnnd "tndn1 nifi1nno
would stand by him in the matter. He
insisted that he could prove that the
claim was a fraudulent one, and that he
proposed to show up the guilty partieS,r
as he had taken the oath to uphold the
interests of the taxpayers of the county,
81 went into that office" said he, with
the full determination to do what is Just
and honest, and l am going to leave it
in such a manner that those who placed
me there may not regret"
ROUTINE MATTER.
A petition was received from James
Reilly and Otto Johnson, turnkey and
Waterman at the county Jail, asking for
an increase of salary, which was re-
ferred to the county attorney.
A petition was received from Wyman
Elliot and others, asking for the drain
ing of swamp lands around Rice lake,
by lowering the outlet thereof.
Several communications from II. P.
Preston & Co., Chicago, relating to a
new dredge boat, were read.
An order was issued, changing the
highway intersecting the Rockford and
DelanO road, in the town of Greenwood,
in accordance with the petition of Nat
Ewing and others.
Also an order changing a highway in
the town of Independence, in accord
ance with the petition of John Casper
and others.
u. A. G. Thompson, overseer of the